Biology:Cheirothrix

Cheirothrix; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Actinopterygii
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	†Cheirothricidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	†Cheirothrix; Pictet & Humbert, 1866
Species
	†C. guestphalicus; von der March & Schlüter, 1868; †C. lewisii; Davis, 1887; †C. libanicus; Pictet & Humbert, 1866;

Short description: Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes

Cheirothrix (meaning "hand hair") is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish.

One of the species in this genus is Cheirothrix lewisii, known from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon.^[2]

References

↑ Dietze, K. (2009). "Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certain neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany". Cretaceous Research 30 (3): 559–574. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.11.001. Bibcode: 2009CrRes..30..559D.
↑ Martha Richter (2010). "Cheirothrix lewisii". National History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/species-of-the-day/evolution/cheirothrix-lewisii/. Retrieved 2013-01-13.

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Cheirothrix Temporal range: Late Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Scientific classification
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Actinopterygii
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	†Cheirothricidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	†Cheirothrix Pictet & Humbert, 1866
Species^[1]
†C. guestphalicus von der March & Schlüter, 1868 †C. lewisii Davis, 1887 †C. libanicus Pictet & Humbert, 1866